The olio: being a collection of essays, dialogues, letters, biographical sketches, anecdotes, pieces of poetry, parodies, bon mots, epigrams, epitaphs, &c., chiefly original

by Francis Grose

$175 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

London: Hooper and Wigstead, 1796. Second edition, corrected and enlarged, 8vo bound in 12s, pp. xxiii, 1 , 321, 3 ads ; engraved author portrait frontispiece not included in the first edition, text illustrations; full contemporary tree calf recently rebacked, red morocco gilt spine label; some scuffing, half title page not preserved, quires N and O possibly supplied; very good. Among the humerous ancedotes, verses, and essays on such subjects as

• Binding: Leather

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